At first glance, the catchily-named A10JQ would seem to be the ultimate mobile writer’s tool from the past. In the days when 5″ smartphones were hideously expensive and tablets hadn’t yet become mainstream, the humble little A10JQ came onto the market. Originally called the “Mobile Internet Device”, it was indeed […]
Monthly archives: May 2014
Before smartphones were quite so, well, smart, there was the PDA. The Personal Digital Assistant, often mocked as a digital filofax, was the most pocketable of mobile computing platforms before the advent of Smartphones. Many top manufacturers had their own range. While HP expanded the Jornada brand, Dell’s range was […]
The Writer’s Toolkit, part 2 : The Age before Smartphones
Before the tablet there was the netbook. Before the netbook there was the Handheld PC, epitomised as it was by the HP Jornada range. Beginning life as the HP Jornada 680 in 1998, this clamshell portable computer went through a number of slight modifications before its final incarnation, the 728, […]
The Writer’s Toolkit : Yesterday’s Ultimate Mobile Computing
One of the main reasons I haven’t written a lot over the past year is because my free time has been taken up with running. I’m the least likely person to do running, or to take up any form of exercise whatsoever. The only exercise I’ve ever needed has been […]
It’s writing but not as we know it…
The preliminary cover for my new book (working title – The Curupiri Elixir) has been uploaded to the cover gallery. Regular readers will know that Curupira is the original home planet of Space’s herald (monikered with the name Kate by that forever-making-up-nicknames MMC Sebastian). We’ve only been there once, and […]
New cover uploaded
Prior to Sherlock, the BBC dabbled with producing Sherlock Holmes back in 2002 and 2004 (one every other year – so only slightly less frequently than Sherlock). I previously reviewed their 2002 The Hound of the Baskervilles starring Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart. Just recently, cable channel “Drama” showed the […]
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